#44: Cara Luft

Cara Luft is a folk warrior who’s been living and breathing music for over 25 years. She’s a solo artist, founding member of the Wailin’ Jennys and one-half of The Small Glories. We reminisce about meeting 20+ years ago, nerd out about guitar playing and discuss why Winnipeg is such an arts hub. I gush about how much I love The Small Glories and badger Cara about their version of her song “No Friend Of Mine”. We talk about her various musical incarnations, how she was burning out as a solo touring artist - essentially living on the road for the last 8 years, and how she has found a renewed sense of artistic purpose, presence and connection with The Small Glories. (Oh yeah … and we also talk about her mystical purple tiny home on wheels.)

“We have a job that really isn’t about us. It’s about the moment in time that we have with people. How do you create something that’s gonna last and that’s also going to offer some solace, some respite, some hope, all the things that we as humans need, but particularly now. This moment with them is really what it’s all about. It’s about something that goes deeper than ourselves, whether you are a spiritual person or not. But there’s something that’s divine about it, something that’s sacred, something that hits the deepest core of our beings when we forget about ourselves on stage and we’re just in this with these other people.”

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 CARA LUFT
 WEB: https://caraluft.com
 THE SMALL GLORIES: https://thesmallglories.com
 IG: https://www.instagram.com/caraluft
 MORE LINKS
 THE SMALL GLORIES “NO FRIEND OF MINE”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DypwYfymyuM
 TINY HOUSE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaVr5_e5QaE

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